From the Neurexpert blog: Brain changes in diabetic mellitus contribute to neuropathy complications

Carolyn Lacey, Scientific Outreach Manager of the Neurexpert blog, writes about an article in the European Journal of Neuroscience “Thalamic amplification of sensory input in experimental diabetes”. The authors of the article found that neurons in the thalamic ventral posteromedial nucleus from rats with experimental diabetic neuropathy showed increased firing to precisely graded, multidirectional whisker deflection compared to non-diabetic rats.

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